The nation fell in love with the dressed crab on The Masked Singer UK and now we've fallen even more in love with the singing powerhouse!
American Singer, Gregory Porter revealed the hilarious way he revealed to his family he was dressing up as a singing crab for the UK TV show, he told us some behind the scenes secrets, what he thinks of Love Island and when his song with Ed Sheeran is coming out!
Gregory is touring the UK from April, including four consecutive nights at The Royal Albert Hall. Report by Jonesl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
American Singer, Gregory Porter revealed the hilarious way he revealed to his family he was dressing up as a singing crab for the UK TV show, he told us some behind the scenes secrets, what he thinks of Love Island and when his song with Ed Sheeran is coming out!
Gregory is touring the UK from April, including four consecutive nights at The Royal Albert Hall. Report by Jonesl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00It's scandalous.
00:01Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
00:04You sexy bugger, you!
00:06I've tried the splitting the G. It's dope.
00:10I am joined by Mr. Liquid Gold, vocals himself, Gregory
00:14Porter, a.k.a.
00:15The Dressed Crab.
00:17Did you ever in your life think that those words
00:19would all be in one sentence?
00:21No, none of it.
00:23Not even the first bit of that sentence.
00:26What a ride you've been on.
00:28Yeah, yeah, it's been quite fun.
00:31British TV, do you now have a new opinion of it
00:34since dressing up as a crab?
00:35Well, it's funny, it's funny.
00:37Since I've been back in the UK for about three days,
00:40and many, many people approaching me
00:43about the crab situation.
00:46They were like, oh, I knew it was you.
00:48And you know what?
00:49I don't normally watch it.
00:51My children are watching.
00:52But when I heard your voice, I was like,
00:56why is everybody's children watching that?
00:58And they're not watching, they're lying.
01:00They watch it too.
01:01But I had a lot of fun.
01:04And something different than I normally do.
01:07And I had a personal challenge for myself
01:10to cut through the adornment of the crab suit
01:19and still be able to deliver something
01:21that touches people's hearts.
01:22I hope, hopefully, I did that.
01:25Yeah, definitely.
01:26And you found love for crab.
01:27Have you had it in all sorts of different ways?
01:29Oh, no, I love crab.
01:33You know, I have no new empathies for them.
01:37I like a crab stick.
01:38Are you a fan of a crab stick?
01:40Crab's still a bit processed, but they look pretty,
01:43don't they?
01:43I like whole crab.
01:45I like, you know, break him up and put him in a soup,
01:47you know?
01:48He doesn't mess about.
01:49Right.
01:50What about your family and your mates back at home?
01:52They're like, what are you doing?
01:54Where are you?
01:55Why are you dressed as a crab?
01:58You know, this was really quite a top secret kind of a thing.
02:02So people thought I was like, you know, like,
02:04what are you?
02:04You've been in the UK for a minute.
02:06What are you doing?
02:07Like, I'm just doing this thing.
02:09Were you just up there?
02:10Are you just there having a vacation?
02:12I was like, no, I really am.
02:13I am working.
02:14But, you know, it's, you know, but finally, you know,
02:17after the situation, the show was over.
02:21I could send these pictures, but the craziest pictures
02:25of like, I would send him in like, you know,
02:28sequence of like, first, just the claw
02:31and then my foot and like,
02:34and then my eyeball and then, you know,
02:37and then the whole head.
02:38And so it was, it was intense.
02:40Oh my goodness.
02:41That's brilliant.
02:42Yeah, yeah.
02:42And what about when you were in London?
02:44Were you trying to like stay incognito?
02:46Did you put on costumes to go out and about,
02:48put a wig on or something to go to the pub?
02:50No, I had a kind of a trench coat and
02:54a hoodie thing.
02:55But I, you know, people were like,
02:56what are you doing in town?
02:57I was like, recording, you know.
03:01This sounds like you could be a Bond-esque type villain
03:06or, you know, you're pretty good.
03:07Oh, not now.
03:09You've touched on like a secret thing within me.
03:13I was like, you know, I want to be a Bond villain,
03:17you know, I got some frustrations.
03:19I need to get out, you know.
03:20I'll have a word with Sam Mendes.
03:21He probably knows some people.
03:23Who's that?
03:24Who's that?
03:25The Bond director.
03:25Oh.
03:26I think he's quit now.
03:27Anyway, Maya Jama is on the panel
03:29and she's a big star over here in the UK.
03:31She hosts Love Island.
03:33Did you manage to get any Love Island gossip?
03:35Have you ever watched it?
03:36It was the final last night.
03:38I hope you were hooked like the rest of the nation.
03:40I didn't watch the final.
03:43I have seen some episodes.
03:45Hot, hot, hot.
03:48It's scandalous.
03:50It's scandalous.
03:53I've never been on an island like that,
03:55but I want to go.
03:58Could you actually believe that we make television like that?
04:00I mean, we are hooked over here.
04:02You know, every night, nine o'clock,
04:03we're sitting down watching that.
04:05Yeah, can I tell you what I do watch when I come here?
04:08Yes, please.
04:09Okay, I don't know if this interferes
04:12with anybody else's television,
04:13but I do watch
04:17Monty Don.
04:19I love the garden stuff and the garden history is dope.
04:23It's dope because it's like, you know, war history.
04:26This is not just a flower.
04:27This flower represents power.
04:29So there's that.
04:32Country file.
04:34You're like, what?
04:35So you're really now in the British culture.
04:37You've spent so long over here.
04:39Anything particular that you really love doing?
04:41Were you in the pub having a pint?
04:42Were you splitting the G?
04:45Oh, yes.
04:46No, I did.
04:47I've tried the splitting the G,
04:51but more,
04:52but in Ireland, right?
04:54Yes, you confused me.
04:55We do it here as well.
04:56Okay.
04:57Yeah, but yeah, well, I
05:00you know, I just did.
05:00I was just in Dublin.
05:06I had a concert there.
05:07So I split the G a few times
05:11there
05:13and my name starts with a G.
05:15So I had to get it right.
05:17Yeah, the GP with a G.
05:18Right, right, right.
05:20And what about whilst you're over here?
05:23Do you catch up with any British artists?
05:25Are you a fan of many of our talent from over here?
05:28Yeah, I've made, you know,
05:33great friends with many people
05:38from the UK.
05:40You know, it's funny, but
05:43Ed Sheeran and I, we run into each other like all the time,
05:50you know,
05:51so
05:53because I'm a jazz singer.
05:56It's funny in the US.
05:59I'm not really in the pop categories so much there, but
06:02here they throw me into the mix with everybody.
06:06So, you know, so consequently, yes, I'm friends with Sam Smith
06:10and many,
06:14you know, top UK artists.
06:16What's the tip of running into Ed Sheeran?
06:18How can we run into him?
06:21You got to be,
06:23you got to just hang out where the talented hang out.
06:26That's just it, you know, no half-stepping.
06:31What happens with you and Sam and you and Ed next?
06:33Have you ever thought about sitting down writing or having
06:36a little jam?
06:37How does it work?
06:38Well, just the way, the first time he approached me has been
06:43nearly
06:4410 years ago.
06:45It's like he was
06:47fresh out of the box
06:49and he's just
06:51came to me about my songwriting.
06:52He's like, man,
06:56maybe it was
07:00song Be Good that I have and Hey Laura, you know, he was
07:03just like, man, I love your writing and that's the way
07:06we connected and
07:07just from then on, we've had been together a few
07:11royal performances and
07:14airport
07:15lounges, this kind of thing.
07:18What about our very own Harry Styles?
07:19Have you bumped into him yet?
07:20I have.
07:21I stepped out of his way, really,
07:24because I was in his way.
07:28But no, he's a massive star and
07:32but no, the
07:35the British
07:37pop star is
07:40special and unique in America
07:43ever since,
07:45you know, the invasion of the Beatles.
07:46It's kind of like this,
07:48this constant reinvasion that we like because you guys
07:53can somehow
07:55be influenced by our soul,
07:57but you'll deliver it back to us
08:00with this
08:02British thing on top of it and it's fantastic even to,
08:06you know, like
08:09let's take an artist like,
08:11like,
08:12like Rick Ashley, you know,
08:15where you, it's like, is that soulful voice coming out of
08:19Rick Ashley?
08:20You know, but it is
08:22and so that's just cool.
08:24It's just, you know, we love it.
08:26From this side of the pond to your side of the pond,
08:28did you watch Super Bowl?
08:29If you did, what do you reckon of Kendrick Lamar?
08:33Oh, well, Kendrick Lamar was doing what
08:38I think many genius artists do.
08:42They go deeper.
08:43They do what's unexpected and
08:47they give you something that you're going to have to deal
08:48with over time to figure out,
08:52you know, what's really going on.
08:54He's being thoughtful and maybe a bit more substantive
08:58than people maybe were ready for.
09:01Maybe they just entertain us.
09:02Just shake.
09:03Just shine.
09:04Just, you know,
09:05and
09:06he was interesting.
09:07He was interesting and so I'm still digesting his
09:09performance and so I dug it.
09:12Now, as for the game, I was a little disappointed because
09:16it was quite lopsided and my team didn't win.
09:18And the Taylor Swift boot.
09:19I mean, what was that about?
09:23Nothing good.
09:25Have you started doing that dance of Kendrick's?
09:27I bet you're pretty good at that.
09:30Yeah, you go ahead.
09:30Show me how to do it.
09:35You got it going on.
09:36That's the most viewed Super Bowl halftime performance to
09:39pass Michael Jackson.
09:41I mean, of all time.
09:42Wow.
09:43Yeah, unbelievable, right?
09:44Yeah, people are really trying to,
09:46you know, it's funny.
09:47My piano player, we were playing at the Carnegie Hall
09:50on Valentine's Day
09:52and he kept references, referencing,
09:55you know, Kendrick's famous song.
09:57So I was like,
10:01he kept referencing it and it kept references in every solo
10:05and so the audience got a kick out of it.
10:07But they were like, you know.
10:08I would love to see that cover.
10:09Please can we make a really soulful cover
10:12of that song?
10:13Yes, please.
10:14Not like us, right?
10:14Not like us, exactly.
10:16Talking about being, doing concerts and stuff, you're
10:18playing the Albert Hall
10:20for consecutive nights.
10:21Yeah.
10:22You know, you've made it when.
10:23I mean, come on, that is pretty iconic.
10:25Yeah.
10:25Do you get nervous?
10:28Maybe for the first few minutes of the first show
10:32and then you have to get comfortable because you're here
10:35now, baby, and you've got to deliver.
10:37But yeah, no, the audience makes me feel good.
10:40I mean, it was the last time I was at the Albert Hall.
10:43I think
10:44somebody yelled out,
10:47you sexy bugger.
10:50And so, was that something bad?
10:52I love it.
10:52Okay.
10:53I was just like, you, you, you sexy bugger, you.
10:57And I was like, okay, yeah, I'll take that.
11:00I don't know exactly what it means.
11:02That's a compliment.
11:02Right, okay.
11:03Yeah, I like the word crumpet, personally.
11:06Okay.
11:06You're looking particularly crumpet today.
11:10I wanted to fire some quick fire questions at you, but it
11:13might involve you using your voice.
11:15I was wondering if you could finish some lines for me.
11:18So I'll say a lyric, then you got to finish them off.
11:21See, y'all do me.
11:22Okay.
11:22Okay, ready?
11:23How sweet it is
11:26to be loved by you.
11:28Oh, now, girl.
11:32How sweet it is to be loved by you.
11:36Okay.
11:37He's good.
11:37He is good.
11:38What about, look at the stars.
11:40Look how they shine for you.
11:41Yeah, and I know it, but I just-
11:43You're in a band.
11:45Chris Morton's in the band.
11:47Oh, yeah.
11:48Talking about yellow.
11:51Right, that's what I-
11:52And it was all yellow.
11:55I was going to bring it over.
11:56Okay, sorry.
11:57Yellow, yellow.
11:59There's a melancholy in that song.
12:02Beautiful, isn't it?
12:03Yellow, yellow.
12:05I've got an easy one for you now.
12:07Hey, dude.
12:08I'd take a sad song and make it better.
12:15Letter into your heart.
12:23There you go.
12:25And then it really starts to party.
12:34Hey, Jude.
12:35Hey, Jude.
12:38That was good.
12:39What about this one?
12:39Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?
12:42Wow.
12:45There you got me.
12:46Katy Perry, blowing through the wind, wanting to start again.
12:49Okay.
12:51You can learn that one.
12:52Well, I have that lyric, Connie, in
12:54I'm like a bag that's dropped and drifting in the wind that blows
12:58from hurricanes that come just after grey clouds fill my eyes.
13:02It's one of my songs.
13:03I love that.
13:04But me and Katy, we've been going back and forth talking about-
13:07You know, you think I'm jiving-
13:08Talking about plastic bags?
13:09No, talking about, you know, performing together, you know.
13:12You heard it here first.
13:13Katy Perry, Gregory Porter combo.
13:14Yes, please.
13:16Is that after or before the Harry Styles collab?
13:19I don't know.
13:22Okay.
13:22What about this one?
13:23Got two more.
13:24And so the end is near.
13:26So the end is near and we have reached the final curtain.
13:36I did it my way.
13:38You did.
13:39Yeah.
13:39And this final one.
13:41I will sail my soul down the river of love.
13:45I will sail my soul down the river of love.
13:49I'm a fool for it.
13:50I'm a fool.
13:51I'm a fool for love.
13:54I'm a fool for love.
13:56Yes.
13:57Get that on a t-shirt.
14:00Gregory Porter, thank you so much for joining us.
14:02We absolutely adore you and I will never look at a dressed crab
14:06the same way again.
14:06Okay.